The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-02-03
A WONDERFUL CHANGE.
HOW A FASHIONABLE YOUNG Wo.
MAN BECAME INTELLECTUAL.

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An Owing to the 'Pumpsr'' aud The
'Peiishsr'-Filling Up With Infsrma-
tion Every Few Days = sIsmsrisins
Bright Sayings and Funny Stories.
Julia Is the most vshemently fashion
able young woman know. Her raiment
monds ID bewildsring, her bonnet aspires
upward in an excelsior way that Il quite
overpowering, and the c0rsages Of her full
dress toilets lead the van of retreat In the
other direction. Julia is and has always
been brilliant and beautiful to the eye,
and nothing else. II her precious little
head had been . wax form I'm q hair
dresssr's window II couldn't have had less
in IL. But not very long ago the son and
heir Of family that goes In for the in
tellectual took Julia's wealth and Julia
along with It 70 his pocket and heart, and
since then the most amazing change has
come over her. She, n not whit less
strsnuously stylish than she was before,
but she has actually become quite intel
lectual, and ID even brilliant in converse
ton. She who was never known to say
anything smacking moro strongly Of in
telligence than -"Oh, how lovelyi' can
now talk interestingly about almost any
thing that society knows about. and Is
Whittier and more sparkling than any Of
her husbands intellectual circle. ] said
something to her the other day about what
q wonderful change marriage had made In
her, and she laughed and said:
"Oh, IL isn't marriage that has done
that. It's all owing TO the puinper and
the polisher."
s'The who9" -. L
1.-THE pumper and the polisher," she re-
piled, as coolly rs IL she had been telling
me what tailor had made her dress. seThat
Is what call them, because one Of them
pumps information into mo by the head
full, and the other polishes me of, makes
me brilliant, tells me what to say to be
witty. You see, after was married
found that all my husbands family were
too awfully cultured and Intelligent to
think anything Of my dresses and dia-
monds, and that they were disposed to
look down on me as an empty headed
chatterbox who didn't know anything and
wasn't very smart anyway. Well, just
vowed to myself that they shouldn't do It,
and that I'd make them thankful to have
me in the family. But couldn't think
of going into the thing deep, you know,
studying, and all that. hadn't the time,
and it would have been too much Of q
bore. had heard Of the puYnper; some
of the girls / used to know employed him,
and 20 I 20 TO him three or four times a
week and Just get filed up with infornla.
ton about anything want TO know"
"But how can you tell what subject
you'll want to be filled mp withf ..
"Oh, that's easy enough. You know
conversation generally starts from some
topic of the day, and II you keep yourself
pretty well filed on those You can keep
your oar going. Occasionally have him
give me an extra hour or SO on some other
subject, and By starting tho conversation
in that direction and gradually unloading
all he has told me, arm getting q reputa-
ton for culture that will eclipse that Of
my husbands sisters all put together"
"But you don't remember It, do you,
after you've unloadcd oncef' -..:-.
Goodness, no! I don't try to. It's
too much trouble. II think shall need
It let him I'LL me up again on the same
subject. You see, he knows everything.
I think he must eat and drink books as
well as read them. II want to know
about Wagner's music or Muukacsy's
paintings, or Stanlcy's travels, or Aris-
tophane's comedies just sit down and
let him talk IL at me for an hour, while I
listen and take few notes, and altogether
I remember enough Of 1t to pass for know
ing a great deal more than do. Why,
my dear, you would be astonished, per-
fectly astonished, II you knew how many
patrons he has among the very best peo-
pie. Society Is full Of them. But Ill
wager my new diamond ear rings that
not one of them would admit ever having
heard of him. ....
"But the other one, whom you called
the polisher, what about hims''
ooh, that's the funniest part Of It ell.
You know I'm supposed to he quite o
witty, entertaining person. Well, that ID
all my polisher. go to him regularly
every day, tell him where / expect to 60
and whom I expect to see, and then he
gives me . lot Of bright things to say and
queer. little ideas to sandwich in and
funny stories to tell that will probably be
apropos to the conversation that shall
engage in. That man has been worth his
weight in gold to me, and I think I've
paid him about that much already for his
services. But never could have got on
without him. |"
"Does he have very many employersr'
I asked, beginning to wonder how many
Of the bright things had admired only
the night before had come from him.
II don't know about that, because, as
you can imagine, he keeps everything con-
corning his business as secret as the grave.
But am awfully afraid he has begun to
duplicate his witticisms in my own set.
If he does that suppose shall have to
deed him one OF my mines outright to get
his services all to myself Oh, it's great
bore, and it's nwftally hard work. too. I
don't know whether or not I'll be able to
60 through the winter with It. But was
determined wouidn'c be looked down
on.'"-Clara Belle In Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
,.-. Prevention OF Wrinkles.